I just read an article in Psychiatric Times about the burning question these days about whether psychiatric drugs work. The curt reply seems to be “yes, they do work, damn it; next question.” Are we ready for the next question, which is probably more important to the public’s perception of Psychiatry as a subspecialty of medicine: does psychiatry […]

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I’m proud to announce this new Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) on managing detoxification from opiates and more from jenny Preinitz, PharmD. I gotta tell you I’m not used to having a pharmacist riding with our team but I’ve always hoped for it. She’s been a tremendous asset this month and I’m sure hoping […]

The outstanding Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentations are coming thick and fast, so much I can hardly keep up with them! This one is on Postraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in intensive care unit (ICU) survivors by Dr. Victoria Linares, MD, a Family Medicine resident who is rotating on the psychiatry consult service this […]

So today we have a killer Clinical Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) presentation by 3rd year medical student Amy Walz who is interested in eventually doing her residency in Pediatrics (which may explain some of the baby pictures in the slide set). Amy was curious about the literature about weight gain in patients with depression […]

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Remember that recent post about the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) debate on December 2, 2014? Last night I had the opportunity to view two videos of the debate “Is Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Needed and Appropriately Constructed for Success?” I’ve also read a blog post about it which contained one of the videos. I’ve included both below and […]

So the AMA MorningRounds cites a February 25, 2012 New York Times article about the Military discharging 31,000 troops since 2001 for personality disorders, which veterans’ advocates say is probably bogus. They wonder if the Pentagon uses the diagnosis of personality disorder to rid the service of those whom they want to discharge disruptive soldiers […]

I decided to close my petition on improving inpatient mental health care in Iowa yesterday because there have been no new signatures in a couple of weeks. Governor Branstad and the state legislature are still not working with each other and he’s never “collaborated” with UIHC Psychiatry that I know of. Layoffs of Mt. Pleasant workers […]

This week we had a stellar presentation at our regular Clinic Problems in Consultation Psychiatry (CPCP) conference. This one is about acetaminophen poisoning by overdose and it was delivered by medical students, Justin Chau, 4th year medical student (going into internal medicine), and Savita Joglekar, 3rd year medical student, interested in a lot of things. […]